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Another Win of Jr. Women Hockey Team India in 4 Nations Tournament Against Scotland

Indian Hockey Admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 05:24:59 +0000

Jr. Women’s Hockey Team India marked their third consecutive win in Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International 4-Nations tournament which was against the team Scotland with a score IND 2-1 SCO.

Below are the highlights of the match:

Quarter 1 – Team India started the match with an early PC but unable to convert. The next PC was awarded to team Scotland and they missed it too as Khushboo saved the great shot by the hosts to avoid the damage. The score at the end of the first quarter was IND 0-0 SCO.

Quarter 2 – In the second quarter, team India won another PC but again missed a great shot. Team Scotland also gave fine shots but failed to score a lead and the scoreline remained unchanged at the end of the first half.

Quarter 3 – In the third quarter, PC was awarded to team Scotland again, but Bichu Devi saved it. In the next minutes, Mumtaz gave a great shot at the goal and made it in the 36^th minute, thereby making the score IND 1-0 SCO.

Quarter 4 – In the last quarter, team India got the PC and a chance to strengthen their lead but missed. In spite of back to back PC’s, no further goal was scored. Then, in the 50^th minute, team Scotland equalized the score with a goal. With another PC, Gagandeep strengthened the lead of team India with a goal in the 51^st minute and the score at the end of the final quarter turned out to be IND 2-1 SCO.

Well Done team India!

The final match of the series will be on 4^th June at 20:15 hrs IST.

Keep watching this space for further updates.

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Jr. Women’s Hockey Team India Won the Opening Match of the Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International Tournament

Indian Hockey Admin — Fri, 31 May 2019 08:11:57 +0000

Jr. Women Team India started the Cantor Fitzgerald U21 4 Nations International Tournament with a great win against Canada. The match was full of excitement and the team India made a clinical win with a score IND 2-0 CAN.
Below are the highlights of the match:
Quarter 1 – In the first quarter started with both the teams seeking out ways to score a goal first. India got a PC and a great shot at the goal but saved by the hosts. Both the teams played well, but were unable to score a goal in the first quarter and the score remained IND 0-0 CAN.
Quarter 2 – In the second quarter, team Canada got the PC and a wonderful shot but Bichu Devi done a great job by saving it. In the next minutes, Mumtaz of team India made a circle entry and scored a goal in the 24th minute. Again a PC to India but missed and the scores at the end of first half was IND 1-0 CAN.
Quarter 3 – In the third quarter team Canada seemed aggressive to get their first goal. But, again the PC was awarded to India and they strengthened their lead with another goal by Mumtaz in the 37th minute, thereby making the score IND 2-0 CAN.
Quarter 4 – In the last quarter, Canada got another chance to score a goal, with a PC, but unfortunately they were unable to make it, as Bichu Devi keep on saving all the shots of the hosts. Team Canada again got a PC in the last minutes, but score line remained intact at IND 2-0 CAN with the team India leading the match.
The next match of the series is scheduled to be held on 1st June, 11 PM IST against team Ireland.
Keep watching this space for further updates.

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Indian Jr. Women Hockey Team Lost the Match Against Sr. Women Team Ireland

Indian Hockey Admin — Tue, 28 May 2019 06:16:55 +0000

Before the start of Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International 4-Nations Tournament, the team India was scheduled to play two matches. The first match was with Sr. Women Team Ireland, which the Jr. Team India played very well but unfortunately lost with a score IND 1-4 IRE.

Below are the highlights of the match:

Quarter 1 – The first quarter started with both the teams looking out for the ways to score a goal first. However, the team Ireland did it early in the 7th minute making the score IND 0-1 IRE.

Quarter 2 – Again the team Ireland got the PC to strengthen their lead but saved by team India’s goalkeeper Bichu Devi. India juniors, along with playing defensive gave great shots but missed, and the score at the end of the first half remained the same at IND 0-1 IRE.

Quarter 3 – In the third quarter, Sharmila of team India finally managed to score the first goal by giving a brilliant shot and equalizing the score. In the next minutes, PC was awarded to team India to strengthen the lead but missed. In the last minutes, team Ireland gave another shot at the goal and made it with another back to back goal and made the score IND 1-3 IRE at the end of the third quarter.

Quarter 4 – In the last quarter, again, the team Ireland got the PC, and there was another goal. Team India played well but missed the match this time at a score IND 1-4 IRE.

The Jr. team will play the second match against Jr. Women Team Canada on 29th May 20:30 hrs (IST).

Keep watching this space for the further updates of the matches.

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India’s junior men’s hockey team lost 1-2 to England

Indian Hockey Admin — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:45:51 +0000

India’s junior men’s hockey team lost 1-2 to England in a tough encounter at the Bisham Abbey Sports Academy.
India were the dominant side in the early exchanges and even came close with some chances in the first half yesterday.
As England edged their way back into the game, India gotthe breakthrough when Ajay Yadav scored with an indirect
effort from penalty corner to give India the lead in the 24th minute.
England, though, hit back soon by converting a penalty corner from Will Calnan in the 26th minute and then took the lead off Ed Horler’s goal in the 30th.
The two sides went into halftime with the hosts leading 2-1.
India came out stronger in the second half and started creating chances, but were denied the equaliser by a stout English defence.
Despite several chances, India failed to capitalise as England held on to their lead.
After the game, Indian junior men coach,Harender Singh said, “We are creating several chances, but have been missing too many opportunities in front of goal. It is a fault we will rectify and hope to improve in the next match.”

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